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F11￿Body.
2.￿Body.
Rear￿end￿collision￿according￿to￿FMVSS￿301
Rear￿end￿collision￿according￿to￿RCAR
The￿"RCAR￿Structural￿Test",￿another￿insurance￿collision￿test,￿requires￿a￿1400￿kg￿heavy￿barrier￿to
collide￿with￿the￿rear￿end￿of￿a￿standing￿vehicle￿without￿brakes￿applied￿at￿a￿speed￿of￿15￿km/h￿(9￿mph)￿at
an￿angle￿of￿10￿degrees￿and￿40%￿offset.
This￿test￿serves￿for￿testing￿the￿ease￿of￿repair￿and￿therefore￿the￿insurance￿classification.
Rear￿end￿collision￿according￿to￿RCAR
2.7.6.￿Pedestrian￿protection
Pedestrian￿protection￿according￿to￿EURO-NCAP
In￿addition￿to￿the￿passenger￿protection￿test￿the￿EURO-NCAP￿crash￿test￿also￿includes￿an￿additional
pedestrian￿protection￿test.￿This￿evaluates￿the￿risk￿of￿injury￿for￿a￿head-on￿collision￿at￿a￿speed￿of￿40￿km/
h￿(25￿mph)￿for￿children￿as￿well￿as￿for￿adults.￿Jacketed￿metal￿cylinders,￿simulating￿the￿legs￿and￿head,
and￿spheres￿of￿different￿weights￿are￿catapulted￿against￿the￿front￿of￿the￿vehicle￿at￿different￿points￿to
measure￿the￿load￿to￿the￿"body￿parts".

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